Loose Connections--Gregory--Families and Individuals Index

William Singleton Gregory [Parents] was born in 1838. He married Eveline Lee in Nov 1857.
William was employed as in newspaperman and printer in Union.

Elizabeth Hoyle Rucker (in her Genealogy of William Lee I of England andof Virginia, and his Descendants) says Eveline married Sol Layne.Eveline's family did not approve of Mr. Layne, so her oldest brother hadthe marriage annulled. Eveline's cause of death, cited in the 1880Mortality Census, was obstructed bowels.

William pursued a career as a newspaperman and printer in Union, SouthCarolina while rearing a family of six children. William did not appearon the 1870 and 1880 census of Union County, but he did show up in theGreenville, South Carolina City Directory in 1880. He is listed as aprinter who was employed with the Baptist Courier. He disappears afterthe 1883-84 Directory.

In 1880, William and Eveline's children are in the home of Berry W. Lee,Eveline's oldest brother. They were: States Rights; William E.; MichaelLee; Robert Earl; Minnie E.; and Carrie V.

Eveline Lee was born on 15 Nov 1831. She died on 6 Oct 1879. The cause of death was obstructed bowels. She married William Singleton Gregory in Nov 1857.

Robert Earl Gregory was born in 1868.
Robert was counted in a census in 1880 in living with his uncle, Berry W. Lee.

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Minnie E. Gregory was born in Jan 1870.

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Carrie V. Gregory was born in Jun 1871. She died in South Carolina Mental Hospital, Columbia, South Carolina USA.
Carrie was counted in a census in 1900 in She was living with her brother, States Rights Gregory..

1 _MDCL She is said to have lost her health in her teenage years and eventually became mentally ill.

Ada L. Gregory [Parents] was born on 12 Feb 1931 in Greenville, South Carolina USA. She died on 15 Mar 2000 in Greenville, South Carolina USA. She married Kenneth W. Nelson on 9 Oct 1948 in Greenville, South Carolina USA.

Ada was a spooler operator and instructor for 25 years.

They had the following children:

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Ronald Eugene Nelson

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Tony Lee Nelson

Azariah D. Spears was born on 20 May 1840. He died on 20 Jun 1885. He was buried in Fairview Baptist Church, Union Co., South Carolina USA. He married Ellen Eugenia E. Gregory about 1870.
Azariah was employed as in a grocer and dry goods merchant in Union..

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2 PLAC Confederate veteran

Ellen Eugenia E. Gregory [Parents] was born in Nov 1845. She died on 18 Oct 1925. She was buried in Fairview Baptist Church, Union Co., South Carolina USA. She married Azariah D. Spears about 1870.
Ellen was counted in a census in 1900 in living with her brother, Goudelock.

daughter of Isaac and Nicy, apparently never married. She was single,unmarried and lived with her brother, Goudelock, in 1900. Her death dateis unknown because her tombstone has not been found. She is probablyburied at Fairview Baptist Church.

They had the following children:

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J. Theodore Spears was born about 1871.

William Tillman Gregory [Parents] 1 was born in 1830 in Union County, South Carolina, USA. He died about 1867. He was buried in Brushy Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Chester, South Carolina, USA. He married Susan ??.

Susan ?? 1 was born in 1831. She died on 20 Apr 1885 in Chester County, South Carolina. She married William Tillman Gregory.
Susan was cremated on 20 Apr 1885.

In message from Jean L. Cooper:
Age listed as 27 in 1860 census.
Age listed as 35 in 1870 census. She was cremated on 20 Apr 1885.8 Shedied on 20 Apr 1885 in Chester County, SC.9 Tombstone states: "wife ofTillman Gregory and the mother of M. T. Gregory." info from "A GregoryColonial Family"

William Harrison Gregory [Parents] was born about 1813 in Union County, South Carolina USA. He died on 17 Mar 1874 in Chickasaw County, Mississippi. He was buried in Friendship Church Cemetery in Van Vleet, Chickasaw County, Mississippi. He married Sarah ??.

Sarah ?? was born on 12 Mar 1818. She died on 21 Jun 1842. The cause of death was died apparently in or as a result of childbirth. She was buried in Gregory Family Cemetery on a hill behind the A. Starks Gregory house near Santuc. She married William Harrison Gregory.

C. Gerard Gregory fathered seventeen documented children by his twowives. Mrs. Nina Gregory, who has researched this family, provided muchof the information available after their move west. Unless specifiedotherwise, the birth-years were calculated from the 1850 and 1860censuses. (source: Gregory Family Book, Chapter 6 Part 23)

Margaret ?? 1 died about 1830. She married C. Gerard Gregory , Jr. before 1820.

C. Gerard Gregory fathered seventeen documented children by his twowives. Mrs. Nina Gregory, who has researched this family, provided muchof the information available after their move west. Unless specifiedotherwise, the birth-years were calculated from the 1850 and 1860censuses. (source: Gregory Family Book, Chapter 6 Part 23)

Hamp, along with older brothers, Robert J. and David C., enlisted earlyin the Confederate Army. He was a Private with Company F, 41st Regiment,Alabama Infantry Volunteers. His confederate Register Company Muster Roll(dated January and February 1863) states: "Remarks: Died 17 January 1863.He is the third son of C. Gerard Gregory to die in the Civil War."

Hamp is mentioned many times in David C. Gregory's letters to his wife,Martha Ann. Robert J. sent a letter to David C. upon Hamp's death,saying, "Hamp had four dollars and a half, and I sold his clothes whichmade the balance." Robert J. was sending the money home to their father,C. Gerard. (source: Gregory Family Book, Chapter 6 Part 22)

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Angeline Emily Gregory 1 was born in 1836 in Union County, South Carolina.

She moved to Pickens County, Alabama with her parents ca. 1838. TheGregory's lived beside the Sipsey River which runs between Pickens andGreene counties, and the family used both courthouses for their legalaffairs. (source: Gregory Family Book, Chapter 6 Part 23)

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Richard V. Gregory 1 was born in 1837 in Union County, South Carolina. He died on 18 Nov 1862 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The cause of death was typhoid fever.
Richard was employed as in DHHFFAHGUA, ATAO2, he was an Overseer in Pickensville.

The V. in Dick's name could stand for Verdo or Verdis, as Clifton John named his son, Verdo Verdis. 1 _MILT
2 PLAC Company F, 41st Regiment, Alabama Infantry

He enlisted, along with his brothers, in the Confederate Army (Company F,41st Regiment, Alabama Infantry). Dick was faithful in sending money hometo his father and mother. He was often mentioned, with great concern forhis safety and whereabouts, by his half-brother, David.

Dick died of typhoid fever in Chattanooga on 18 November 1862. TheConfederate Register states: "Amount of money left, $31.10. Effects:Sundries." His older half-brother, Robert J., never found his clothes.Since he died of typhoid, it is possible that they were burned. (source:Gregory Family Book, Chapter 6 Part 23)

There is some confusion about his birthplace. In the 1850 census, hisparents list a Georgia birthplace, but later information places his birthin St. Clair or Pickens County, Alabama.

Along with his brothers, Jason enlisted in the Confederate Army, CompanyF, 41st Regiment, Alabama Infantry, in April 1862. He did not longsurvive. He died at Charleston, Tennessee according to the ConfederateRegister. His commanding officer, Captain Benjamin F. Eddins, said hedied 13 July 1862; he was 21 years of age when he enlisted, 5'9", oflight complexion, blue-eyed and light haired; and that the ConfederateStates owed him $62.76.

Jason Gerard's father appeared before the Pickens County Justice of thePeace, W.P. Lavender, on 22 October 1862 to make claim for the pay dueJason. The Confederate States settled this claim on 4 August 1864 fromthe Comptroller's Office as follows:

Three months and thirteen days......$37.76
Commutation for clothing............ 25.00
Total...............................$62.76